Cut cooked chicken into cubes and marinate. Add an equal
quantity of crisp celery, cut fine. Just before serving, mix with
mayonnaise. Serve on bed of lettuce. Top with paprika and
parsley. Garnish with hearts of celery and slices of pickles.
Veal Salad
Cut three pounds cooked veal into cubes and marinate with
French dressing. Allow to stand an hour or more to develop
flavor. Add an equal amount of crisp celery, cut fine. Just
before serving, mix with mayonnaise. Nuts or peas may be
added, if desired. Serve on lettuce leaves. Garnish with hard-
cooked eggs, curled celery, capers, or pickles. Top with paprika
and parsley. Pork may be substituted for the veal in this rule.
Sunday Night Supper Salad
On center of plate, tea size, place in cupped lettuce leaves
one whole tomato, stuffed with chicken salad. Radiating from
this f ovu- thin slices of buttered bread. On first slice heap ground
chives; on second, cream cheese; third, ground nuts; on fom"th,
ground cold meats. Place whole stuffed olives on side of plate.
Garnish with parsley.
RECIPES 285
Tuna Fish Salad
1 cup txma fish i cup peas
(broken not too fine) i cup celery
3 hard-cooked eggs (sliced)
Mix with salad dressing and serve on lettuce leaves. Garnish
with paprika and parsley. Top with capers. Salmon may be
substituted for the tuna fish.
Tuna Fish and Apple
2 cups flaked tuna fish 2 tart red apples
Do not peel apples. Cut into quarters and remove core. Cut
into thin slices and arrange on bed of lettuce leaves. Marinate
fish with French dressing. Put fish over apples. Serve with
boiled dressing. Garnish with parsley.
Fish and Potato Salad
Flake two cups of cold cooked fish. Marinate with French
dressing.
Marinate two cups of diced cooked potatoes. Let stand in
cool place one hour.
Slice sLx hard-boiled eggs. Mix fish, potatoes, eggs, and
three tablespoons capers with mayonnaise. Serve on lettuce.
Garnish with parsley.
Shrimp Salad
2 cups cooked shrimps i cup peas
3 hard-cooked eggs i cup celery
I cup salad dressing 3^ cup whipped cream
Add cream to salad dressing. Add other ingredients. Mix
thoroughly. Serve on bed of lettuce leaves. Garnish with
paprika and parsley.
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Crabmeat Salad
2 cups crabmeat i green pepper (chopped)
I cup celer)- (diced) i pimento (chopf>ed)
]/i cup salad dressing Y^ cup whipped cream
Add cream to salad dressing. Add pepper, pimento, celery,
and crabmeat. Mix well. Serve on bed of lettuce leaves.
Garnish with hard-cooked egg and slices of tomato. Top with
parsley.
Lobster Salad, No. 1
3 cups cooked lobster meat (diced) Y cup whipped cream
I cup celer>' (diced) % cup salad dressing
MLx cream with salad dressing. Add celer>' and lobster.
Mix thoroughly. Ser\'e on bed of lettuce leaves. Sprinkle with
capers. Garnish with paprika and parsley. Stuffed eggs may
be served as a garnish for this salad.
Lobster Salad, No. 2
2 cups cooked lobster meat (diced) i cup peas
I cup celery (diced) i cup salad dressing
3 hard-cooked eggs (sliced) yi cup whipped cream
Mix dressing -v^-ith whipped cream. Add celer\', eggs, peas,
and lobster. iMix thoroughly. Serve on bed of lettuce leaves.
Garnish with paprika and parsley.
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Cut cooked chicken into cubes and marinate. Add an equal
quantity of crisp celery, cut fine. Just before serving, mix with
mayonnaise. Serve on bed of lettuce. Top with paprika and
parsley. Garnish with hearts of celery and slices of pickles.
Veal Salad
Cut three pounds cooked veal into cubes and marinate with
French dressing. Allow to stand an hour or more to develop
flavor. Add an equal amount of crisp celery, cut fine. Just
before serving, mix with mayonnaise. Nuts or peas may be
added, if desired. Serve on lettuce leaves. Garnish with hard-
cooked eggs, curled celery, capers, or pickles. Top with paprika
and parsley. Pork may be substituted for the veal in this rule.
Sunday Night Supper Salad
On center of plate, tea size, place in cupped lettuce leaves
one whole tomato, stuffed with chicken salad. Radiating from
this f ovu- thin slices of buttered bread. On first slice heap ground
chives; on second, cream cheese; third, ground nuts; on fom"th,
ground cold meats. Place whole stuffed olives on side of plate.
Garnish with parsley.
RECIPES 285
Tuna Fish Salad
1 cup txma fish i cup peas
(broken not too fine) i cup celery
3 hard-cooked eggs (sliced)
Mix with salad dressing and serve on lettuce leaves. Garnish
with paprika and parsley. Top with capers. Salmon may be
substituted for the tuna fish.
Tuna Fish and Apple
2 cups flaked tuna fish 2 tart red apples
Do not peel apples. Cut into quarters and remove core. Cut
into thin slices and arrange on bed of lettuce leaves. Marinate
fish with French dressing. Put fish over apples. Serve with
boiled dressing. Garnish with parsley.
Fish and Potato Salad
Flake two cups of cold cooked fish. Marinate with French
dressing.
Marinate two cups of diced cooked potatoes. Let stand in
cool place one hour.
Slice sLx hard-boiled eggs. Mix fish, potatoes, eggs, and
three tablespoons capers with mayonnaise. Serve on lettuce.
Garnish with parsley.
Shrimp Salad
2 cups cooked shrimps i cup peas
3 hard-cooked eggs i cup celery
I cup salad dressing 3^ cup whipped cream
Add cream to salad dressing. Add other ingredients. Mix
thoroughly. Serve on bed of lettuce leaves. Garnish with
paprika and parsley.
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Crabmeat Salad
2 cups crabmeat i green pepper (chopped)
I cup celer)- (diced) i pimento (chopf>ed)
]/i cup salad dressing Y^ cup whipped cream
Add cream to salad dressing. Add pepper, pimento, celery,
and crabmeat. Mix well. Serve on bed of lettuce leaves.
Garnish with hard-cooked egg and slices of tomato. Top with
parsley.
Lobster Salad, No. 1
3 cups cooked lobster meat (diced) Y cup whipped cream
I cup celer>' (diced) % cup salad dressing
MLx cream with salad dressing. Add celer>' and lobster.
Mix thoroughly. Ser\'e on bed of lettuce leaves. Sprinkle with
capers. Garnish with paprika and parsley. Stuffed eggs may
be served as a garnish for this salad.
Lobster Salad, No. 2
2 cups cooked lobster meat (diced) i cup peas
I cup celery (diced) i cup salad dressing
3 hard-cooked eggs (sliced) yi cup whipped cream
Mix dressing -v^-ith whipped cream. Add celer\', eggs, peas,
and lobster. iMix thoroughly. Serve on bed of lettuce leaves.
Garnish with paprika and parsley.
DRESSINGS
Best French Dressing